BioWare can read my mind?! No, wait. Let's be rational about this...They bugged my car. Not a week ago, I said to my husband, and I quote, "...Sonic Chronicles?! They need to get to work on Mass Effect 2!!!" I mean, how else could they have known...Oh. Wait. I might not be the only one who was thinking that Mass Effect 2 would be a freaking awesome idea! In fact, according to IGN.com, Mass Effect was "Conceived as a trilogy..."

Heh, heh. *swallows* Sorry, got a little weak in the knees for a second there... *clears throat* But, seriously, folks. Let's consider for a moment, all the ways a sequel to Mass Effect could rock my socks...again.

New Armor


Don't get me wrong, I commend BioWare on the amount of customization they put into the gear in Mass Effect. But, to be honest, I feel like I went through the majority of the game with the same armor equipped...And, why was there no Spectre armor made available?

My husband brought up an interesting point that had been sitting in the back of my mind, unspoken for some time: It would be really cool if your armor changed in appearance when you upgraded it. What's more, he wondered, why does every character carry every available weapon? I do have to admit that while my vanguard is only proficient in pistols, she does look extremely bad-ass armed to the teeth with high-tech weapons. He also mentioned the fact that the hair options were not terribly extensive in Mass Effect. I theorized that the designers probably didn't add too many hair variations because the main character is constantly in combat situations. But, he did comeback with a fair argument...Being a Spectre is like being in the Special Forces, who are allowed to grow their hair out. Not to mention that one is usually wearing a helmet in combat, anyway...

Now, one couldn't have asked for more creativity when it came to the setting of Mass Effect. But, let's consider the other species for a moment. First, we have the "mono-gendered"

Asari
,

...who resemble human females and can "meld" with any gender of any species. But, before you start thinking that a species that is entirely female and can perpetuate itself with any other species is strange, ask yourself: Where are all the females from the other species?! Have you seen a female...

Krogan
,

Turian
,

Elcor
,

Volus


or

Salarian
?

Come to think of it, maybe I did see a female Salarian once...Nah, I was probably just imagining it...

Before you ask: No. I did not forget about

Tali
.

Perhaps it is my personal interest in foreign languages and cultures showing, but I would love to learn more about each of the other species in Mass Effect 2. Apparently others, such as those at www.gamingsteve.com/, agree with me.



One last thing, I would be more than willing to endure elevator rides that are twice as long as in the first Mass Effect, if it meant that the Mako's shields would regenerate even the slightest bit faster!!! Please?! PLEASE?! PLEASE?!